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Re:DC police used sonic cannon to direct crowd flow during W... by rectang on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @11:21PM (#16012795)
> brain damage

Surely that's a feature, not a bug, when the police have to deal with civil rights protesters. Recall the dogs, batons, and water cannons of the south.

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Re:DC police used sonic cannon to direct crowd flow during W... by emodendroket on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @11:52PM (#16012918)
They used water cannons on people in Standing Rock in some seriously cold temperatures just last year.
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Re:DC police used sonic cannon to direct crowd flow during W... by jonlucc on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @02:10AM (#16013370)
And dogs on protestors in Ferguson in the hours after the police shooting of Michael Brown.
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Re:DC police used sonic cannon to direct crowd flow during W... by peak_body_yo on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @04:39AM (#16013821)
Isn't mental instability positively correlated with antisocial, disruptive behavior? I'd imagine that they want well behaved protesters.
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